Publications

Noninvasive Assessment of Left Ventricle Filling Pattern
in Patient with Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation, Pulmonary
Regurgitation, Atrial Septal Defect, and Pulmonary Embolism

Ghazal, Sami; Alaqaili, Mohammed; Alqrinawi, Shurouq H.; Albahar, Zahra; Ouf, Shady G. Journal of Cardiovascular Echography 34(3):p 120-124, Jul–Sep 2024.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_24_24

A Case of Submitral Aneurysm Presenting with Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Shock in an African Male Patient with Rheumatic Heart Disease

Amjad Barnawi, Abdullah Al Otaibi, Ahmed Soliman, Mustafa Al Rifae, Abdelaziz Al Baradie, Sami Ghazal, CASE, 2021, ISSN 2468-6441,
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2021.04.001

 

The Echocardiography Society of Saudi Heart Association Recommendation on Quality and Laboratory Accreditation Guideline and Standards

Kinsara, Abdulhalim Jamal; Ghazal, Sami; Omran, Ahmad S.; and Aleid, Esra . Journal of the Saudi Heart Association: Vol. 32 : Iss. 2 , Article 25.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1112

Saudi Arabian Society of Echocardiography Recommendations for Echocardiography Service During Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak.

Sami Ghazal, Fatima Qaddoura, Abdulhalim Kinsara Kinsara, Ahmed Omran, Merna Atiyah, Mustafa Al Refae, Faisal Dalak, Saeed Al Ahmari, Abdullah Al Sehly, Noureldin Sahal, Ahmed Onazi, and Rima Bader. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association , Volume 32 , Issue 5, https://doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1038

Tidal peritoneal dialysis versus ultrafiltration in type 1 cardiorenal syndrome: A prospective randomized study

Abdullah K Al-Hwiesh, Ibrahiem Saeed Abdul-Rahman, Nadia Al-Audah, Amani Al-Hwiesh, Mousa Al-Harbi, Abdulrahman Taha, Abdulla Al-Shahri, Sami Ghazal, Rawan Amir, Nehad Al-Audah, Hany Mansour, Mohammad El-Mansouri, Tamer S El-Salamony, Mohammed A Nasr El-Din, Abdulsalam Noor, Zainab Al-Elq, Zainab H Alzahir, Noor A Alzawad.  The International Journal of Artificial Organshttps://doi.org/10.1177/0391398819860529

Appropriateness of dabigatran dosing in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF): A retrospective study conducted in a tertiary care university hospital in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia

Nasser Alali, Mahmoud Hassan Mahmoud, Mousa Ayesh Alharbi, Sami Nimer Ghazal.
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 130 – 134, doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2019.05.002

Reverse atrial remodeling and resolution of mitral regurgitation after rhythm control in atrial fibrillation: A case report.

Al Qahtani SY, Ouf SG, Ghazal SN.
Saudi J Med Med Sci 2019;7:118-20
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_139_17

Aortic Valve Myxoma Presenting with a Stroke: A case report and review of the literature.

ALKUWAITI, Feras A.; ELGHONEIMY, Yasser; GHAZAL, Sami.
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ], [S.l.], v. 18, n. 4, p. e537-540, mar. 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.04.019.

Prospective Study of Tricuspid Regurgitation Associated with Permanent Leads after Cardiac Rhythm Device Implantation

Caroline M. Van De Heyning, MD, PhD, Esam Elbarasi, MD, Simona Masiero, MD, Michela Brambatti, MD, Sami Ghazal, MD, Said Al-Maashani, MD, Alessandro Capucci, MD, Darryl Leong, MD, PhD, Bharati Shivalkar, MD, PhD, Johan B. Saenen, MD, PhD, Hielko P. Miljoen, MD, Carlos A. Morillo, MD, Syamkumar Divarakarmenon, MD, MSc, Guy Amit, MD, Sebastian Ribas, MD, Erika Baiocco, MD, Alessandro Maolo, MD, Andrea Romandini, MD, Simone Maffei, MD, Stuart J. Connolly, MD, Jeff S. Healey, MD, MSc, Hisham Dokainish, MD
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY , VOLUME 35 , ISSUE 4 , 389 – 395, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CJCA.2018.11.014

 

Mitral Chordae Rupture as a Possible First-Time Presentation for Graves’ Disease

Sami N. Ghazal, Mohammad K. Alarfaj
THE JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE 2018;27:110-113

Alcohol Septal Ablation after Suboptimal Surgical Septal Myomectomy

Cherif Ehab, Ghazal Sami
CASE , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , 210 – 217,  https://10.1016/j.case.2018.02.004

Significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction secondary to systolic anterior motion in a patient without hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: An echocardiographic study

Hanan Alrammah, Sami Ghazal
Journal of the Saudi Heart Association , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , 336 – 339  
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2018.07.001

Chronic severe mitral regurgitation with normal left ventricular size – A case with coexisting atrial septal defect.

Ghazal SN
J Cardiovasc Echography 2018;28:133-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_74_17

A Large Left Ventricular Cystic Thrombus: Unusual Presentation of a Common Entity

Shady G. Ouf, Seraj Abualnaja, Sami Nimer Ghazal
CASE , Volume 1 , Issue 6 , 216 – 220; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.case.2017.09.009

Valsalva maneuver in echocardiography

Sami Nimer Ghazal
J Echocardiogr. Springer Nature; 2016 Aug 11; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12574-016-0310-8

Correlation between Pre-Systolic Forward Flow and Diastolic Function

Sami Nimer Ghazal, Jawaher Towhari
J Cardiol Curr Res 5(4): 00172. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/jccr.2016.04.00172

Inferior vena cava stenosis, echocardiographic diagnosis in Marfan syndrome

Sami Nimer Ghazal, Shady G Ouf
Global Cardiology Science and Practice: Vol. 2015 5, 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.50

Factors Associated with Low Flow in Aortic Valve Stenosis

Darryl P. Leong,  Stephen Pizzale, Michelle J. Haroun, Payam Yazdan-Ashoori, Karim Ladak, Yang Yang Sun, Faisal Dalak, Said Al-Maashani, Esam A. Elbarasi, Simona Masiero, Sami Ghazal, and Hisham Dokainish
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Nov 23. pii: S0894-7317(15)00785-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2015.10.007

Prospective study of tricuspid valve regurgitation associated with permanent leads in patients undergoing cardiac rhythm device implantation: Background, rationale, and design

Hisham Dokainish, Esam Elbarasi, Simona Masiero, Caroline Van de Heyning, Michela Brambatti, Sami Ghazal, Said AL-Maashani, Alessandro Capucci, Lisanne Buikema, Darryl Leong, Bharati Shivalkar, Johan Saenen, Hielko Miljoen, Carlos Morillo, Syam Divarakarmenon, Guy Amit, Sebastian Ribas, Aaron, Brautigam, Erika Baiocco, Alessandro Maolo, Andrea Romandini, Simone Maffei, Stuart Connolly, Jeff Healey
Glob Cardiol Sci Pract Vol. 2015 3, 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.41

After more than 300 defibrillation shocks, patient still alive 12 years later, Refractory Torsade de Pointes due to polypharmacy and persistent vomiting- Case Report

Akhtar Hussein, Sami Ghazal
J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2010 Jul;22(3):149-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2010.04.007